...And The Winner Is...

An interesting and highly instructive number, from the House vote today on "therapeutic" stem cell research. (I use the quotation marks ironically -- the best pragmatic point being made by those opposing this initiative is that the word at very least implies, and more like promises, relief and cures for those suffering from various spinal cord traumas and other, rarer diseases. It, the research that is, does absolutely no such thing, and any doctor or politically motivated advocate who tries to tell you it does is flat-out f---ing spinning you like a yo-yo. It is a long freakin' way from isolated experiments on cells in a lab to rolled-out, mass production cures at your local hospital, with no guarantees at all that your body won't shut down like a car that's just driven into a creek once you get a needleful. Optimistic idiots once promised we'd be fossil fuel free if we only pursued Solar Energy, or Wind Energy, or Cow Shite Energy. They were all Liars.)

Anyhoo...take a look at the vote breakdown by party (courtesy House.Gov) and then hearken back to all the times you've heard, lately, what a dangerous jackbooted singleminded theocracy the U S Of A would become if those evil Republicans aren't stopped...

On the Elephant side: 50 votes in favor of research, and 180 against. 22% and 78%.

On the Donkey side: 187 votes in favor of research, and 14 against. 93% and 7%.

So you tell me: If you were looking for the political party that demonstrated a greater diversity of opinion on The Big Issues, which one would you choose?

I have said it before, and I'll say it again: The modern Democratic party ranks right up there -- no, DOWN there -- with the tinpot dictatorships of Zimbabwe, North Korea, and Iran when it comes to tolerating dissent in the ranks. You join the Demmies, you'd better start lifting weights with your right arm...because you're gonna be thrustin' it straight out and up at a 45 degree angle with palm outstretched and down, alot.

A lot.